Lozart

FTFY.

Honestly - don't waste your time. Unless your inner barrel is flapping about like a dick in a shirtsleeve, wrapping anything around it to stabilise it is a bit pointless unless you're looking to make it into a DMR in which case there's plenty of other things to try first.

Yes...and no. All springs will lose power over time because their very nature makes it happen. Bad springs just lose power more quickly. The trick is using a spring that degrades at an acceptable rate.

It's £25, make an educated guess. Good optics cost money, that said airsoft guns are not so accurate that bad parallax actually makes much of a difference. It can be annoying but that's about it.

I wouldn't worry so much about the M-Lok as that gopping stock but each to their own.

I have a couple of LPVOs with red dot (Docter type) sights on. If you have the LPVO zoomed to anything other than x1 then the red dot does allow for more situational awareness if you're shooting at something up close. Mine sit on top of the optic though. I do also have an SR-25k with angled iron sights but that is purely for looks. Canting an airsoft gun is a really good way of not actually hitting what you're aiming at!

Says man in a ghillie suit....

I'm sure she does.

I had the non blowback gas one of those!

MP5 sling or GTFO.

I used to use fineline tape or Tamiya model tape to stope edge bleed. That said, I was using an airbrush and lower pressures than a rattle can will achieve. Frog tape is fine for decorating but for crisp lines on hard surfaces with very thing paints (like aerosols) they're too crepey and the thickness of the tape itself leaves an upstanding edge you have to sand back.

Is this the kind of thing you're looking for? https://boomarms.com/products/guarder-steel-mainspring-housing-for-tm-m1911-meu-l-a-vickers https://www.wgcshop.com/en-kr/products/aip-1911-magwell-for-marui-1911-meu-gbb-airsoft

Must get a couple of those!

You don't need that much space, just be creative! As MK18s go, these are pretty decent: https://jdairsoft.net/primary/assault/0/daniel-defense-mk18-sa-e19-edge-carbine-chaos-bronze My neighbour has one and it's performing quite nicely.

Call yourself an airsofter? Where's your sense of adventure? 😁 That said, I've not used either of those specific guns but generally the Ares seems to be the one gun they make that people don't absolutely hate working on. The Specna should be fine too (I have an older SA-A03). As others have said if you want a REALLY short thing then have a look at the Firehawk/ARP etc from G&G but it all depends on what your budget is. Personally I'd go for a MK18 style but that's just my passionate hatred for anything with a 2" barrel (other than the MP5k of course). The other option to make transport easier would be to split the upper and lower for transport which will immediately make the whole thing shorter and easier to carry.

Suffice to say that nothing in this thread has persuaded me to move away from a butt load of paper pyro. Apart from anything else I do so love showing myself up as the arthritic mess I am by attempting to yeet a bang at the enemy only for it to fall pathetically short and blow me up instead. Good times.

Same here. They're terrible cunts, aren't they?

True, but how many did they actually sell compared to all the M4/AK/MP5 models they churn out?

Cool, I'll ping you a total by DM. Also - I've tidied my desk, it's usually worse than that!

I'm starting to get that impression! I need to dig the masks out of some drawers in the garage but there's two rolls of the film: The AeroPro stuff (with the blue squares on the backing paper) is slightly thinner and more flexible, the grey sign mask is a bit more durable. They're quite chunky so I'd have to work out postage but £10 for the AeroPro, £20 for the grey (plus post).

Somewhat late to this party but if anyone is interested in it, I have a roll of low tack masking film and some freehand masks left from my days as a custom painter that I don't need anymore. Sensible offers will secure it! For anyone that's interested in the process it's worth looking into things like a Craft Robo cutter (if they still make them) or something similar. They're fairly cheap, link to a PC and can cut pretty much anything down to about 6pt lettering!

Really? It's a niche market in the west, why would a Chinese company think they're a good idea?

Fixed that for you!

Surely that would affect the spring compression though?

Sounds like standard internet bollocks to me. Like polishing the mains plug on your hifi!